Hurricane 6 suddenly turned, headed into the Gulf of Tonkin

Instead of going north and landing in Guangdong Province (China), Typhoon 6 once again bends, heading into the Gulf of Tonkin area with wind speed up to level 10. Northern provinces from tomorrow night heavy rain.

After crossing the island of Luang Prabang (Philippines) with a mainly westward direction, on August 3 morning, Typhoon 6 (international name Goni) broke into the North and was projected to land in Guangdong Province. (China). However, the storm once again changed direction last night, continuing westward into the Gulf of Tonkin area.

According to the Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, early this morning, the storm center is about 400 km east of Le Chau Peninsula (China) to the Southeast of the Southeast with a wind speed of 10 degrees. - Northwest, speed 10 km per hour.

Within a day, typhoon number 6 was complicated with 2 changes of direction.
(Photo: NCHMF)

It is expected that in the morning of August 5, the storm center approached Loong Chau peninsula (China), the wind was unchanged. From the center of the storm, the dangerous windy zone from level 6 or higher has a radius of 150 km. Over the next two days, Goni continued to head west, and swept across the Leizhou Peninsula in the early morning of August 6.

On the path of the storm, the northern sea of ​​the East Sea (including the waters off the coast of Guangdong) has a level 10 wind. From night 5/8, north of the Gulf of Tonkin wind will shock level 9. North Sets from tomorrow night also have heavy rain.

In the middle and south of the East Sea, the waters from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau have wind level 9.

In the face of complicated developments of the storm, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm continues to ask the provinces to stay along from Quang Ninh to Ca Mau to inform the owners of the boats. Owners of vehicles must not go to dangerous areas. In particular, with heavy rainfall accompanied, mountainous areas in the Northern provinces need to be prepared to deal with heavy rain, flash floods and landslides.